自転車で米国のルウィスを楽しむAs the end of August looms, a hurricane approaches, school starts, and Labor Day is just around the corner, it is now the time to look back at a summer just ended.
As we do every summer, we spent a week in Lewes, Delaware.
Lewes is a slow-moving mid-Atlantic down with a Philadelphia accent but a Southern vibe.
The town was the site of the earliest settlement of Europeans in Delaware. It was "discovered" and founded by the Dutch on June 3, 1631, and first named Zwaanendael (Swan Valley).
This colony did not last long as, in the following year, the native people - the Lenni Lenape - killed all of the 32 settlers.
Almost two centuries later, on April 5 and 6, 1813, Lewes was bombed by the British navy during the War of 1812. A cannonball from the attack remains lodged in the base of Cannonball House, which now a maritime museum.
Today it is a lovely small town at the south end of the Delaware Bay, and has ferry service to Cape May, New Jersey.
Much of the downtown area has been restored and feels and looks like Georgetown or Philadelphia's Society Hill.
The town is flat and great for cycling.
The bay beach is ten-minutes away. For those who want waves, it will take 25 minutes to get to Cape Henlopen State Park which fronts the Atlantic Ocean.
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